Jofi would yawn, stand up, and walk over to the door at the end of each session, signaling “time’s up!”

The Boat Basin is in a particularly beloved area of Riverside Park, where benches line the walkway under the canopy of crab apple branches that flower gloriously pink and white in the spring.

Black & white has determination. It comes in the door with an edge, talking tough in a fedora.

Cosmetic dermatology and Italian lingerie are here; too much competition for Bardolino 2.

A hidden restaurant with a romantic, peaceful ambiance.

Our parents have a reputation as a devoted foster family for senior pets...they even co-authored a children’s book.

The grass is riz, I wonders where the birdies is.

Two sweet girls enjoying a snuggly life on the Upper West Side.

Let me say that the AMNH remains one of the great visits on the planet.

"Abundance" is H Mart's theme -- and ours. Five openings!

The burger was flat-out delicious.

DiDi understood Shakespeare’s truth, “If music be the food of love, play on.”

Like it or not, we are still a largely progressive neighborhood.

I can’t imagine living there for forty-some years after such a horrendous loss.

"The classic dish of Spain.”

Good morning! Or shall I say, Bonjour! Buongiorno! Bom dia! Dobro jutro!

I live two blocks and one avenue away from the new "safe haven" that is scheduled to open next month on West 83rd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.

Those who remember the Rambo movies from the '80s probably wouldn’t associate the title with a loving bundle of ginger and white fluff.

Exciting openings...but longtime falafel shop is gone.

The space remains empty to this day.

The saying that March comes in like a lion/And then goes out like a lamb/Suggests an animal sequence/Of an unlikely caravan

He was a scamp, a lovebug, a robust athlete, an evil genius, a protector and defender, a gentleman, a happy little critter, and a neighborhood fixture.

Perceptions change with time, along with days, months, seasons, and climates.

We are invested in Flaco’s adventure, seeing ourselves in the story and imagining the corner of our cage opening up, and...off we go.

A campy sendup of the popular Netflix series Stranger Things, the show has won seven off-Broadway awards, including best new musical...

Seven exciting openings -- and one uncertainty....

Gazala’s celebrates the cuisine and culture of the Druze.

I had hoped I’d be ringing in my sixth birthday with a Super Bowl victory, but alas….

It was a mouse in the house that led to this beautiful tabby starting a new life on the Upper West Side.

While others are banning courses on African-American history, Lincoln Center is creatively addressing the most uncomfortable aspects of its history.